Improvement in tag or ticket fasteners



H. H. GEOFF. Tag or Ticket Fastener.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIEE.

H. HARRISON GEOFF, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAG OR TICKET FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,125, dated April 8,1879; application filed September 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. HARRISON GRoFF, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Tag or Ticket Fasteners or Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure l is a side elevation of the fastenerembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a topview thereof. Figs. 3 and 4illustrate the manner of applying the fastener.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention relates to a method of fastening tags, tickets, or otherarticles; and consists of a pin, constructed of a head and prongs,formed of a continuous piece of wire, whereby the head has a broad andflat surface, which will not break through the tag or ticket.

The two prongs are inserted simultaneously in place and through the sameopening. The tag or ticket may be turned for examination and change ofposition, and an inexpensive fastener is produced.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the fastener or holder, which isconstructed of a head, a, and two prongs, 1), formed of a continuouspiece of wire or similar narrow or thin metal.

The head a is bent into two opposed loops, a, occupying the same plane,and both prongs depend centrally from the head.

The operation is as follows: The prongs are passed through the tag orarticle to be fastened, then through the fabric or material to which thetag or article is to be connected,

and, finally, spread and pressed down on the back of the material, as inFig. 4.

It will be seen that the head presents a flat surface, which restssnugly upon the surface of the article, and a broad surface, which willnot readily break through the same.

The two prongs are inserted simultaneously into the article, andlikewise simultaneously into the material, and but a single opening ismade in the article and material. Moreover, the prongs are readilysecured, as they are contiguous and reached from the same spot. Theprongs also furnish, as it were, an axis for the tag or article, wherebythe latter may be turned for change of position or examination when thefabric or material is in a reversed or inconvenient position.Furthermore, the fasteneris simple, quickly constructed, andinexpenslve.

I am aware that fasteners and holders have been formed of pieces of flatsheet metal, the head whereof is stamped or pressed into round shape,and the legs or prongs remain broad and angular. Such construction I donot, therefore, claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The fastener or holder constructed of the two opposed loops to andcentrally-depending prongs b b, all formed of a continuous piece ofwire, as an improved article of manufacture.

H. HARRISON GEOFF.

Witnesses JOHN A. WLEDERsHEIM, H. E. GARsEn.

